George Davenport

George Davenport (18 June 1755-7 September 1777) was a captain of the Royal Navy of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
George Davenport was born in Portsmouth, Great Britain on 18 June 1755. He enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 10 and served aboard HMS Royal George in the Caribbean. With the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1775, he was made captain of HMS Greyhound, and was dispatched to raid commerce shipping near the Virgin Islands. The Americans were troubled by this, and they sent Captain Robert Faulkner and Aquila to attack HMS Greyhound. Davenport and Greyhound fought hard, but Greyhound was eventually sunk and all hands were lost.